“The idea is to starve the opposition of the ball, don’t give them a chance to come at you and keep the ball in hand as much as possible.”

Traditionally the nature of representative rugby – limited preparation and the coming together of players from different clubs – has stymied attacking game plans.

Not so under Munro.

“We have an attacking structure where we can play off the 10 or the 12,” he said.

“Creighto will take the ball to the line and Mark Butler is the same.

“It also gives us a ball distributor on either side of the breakdown.

“It is a high-tempo game, and the guys are feeling it, but they are really taking to it and enjoying it.

“When we picked the team … we made sure we had combinations in key areas.

“Jay Strachan [halfback] and Blake Creighton [five-eighth] have played a lot together. Cal McDonald [fullback] and Bill Coffey [winger] are teammates at Wanderers and previously played with the halves.